Before even stepping foot on Stanford's campus, Mike Tyler's official visit to The Farm was, in many ways, a success. When Tyler and his family arrived at the San Francisco airport on Thursday night, he got a call from Stanford coach David Shaw with some good news.

"I got the call from Coach Shaw that said I got admitted," Tyler said. "As much as you hear from the coaches and from everyone that you're in good shape and everything is going to check out well, there's always that little thing in your mind where you're waiting for it. Even though I wasn't too concerned, it was the biggest weight off my shoulders when I got that phone call, and it was the best start to the weekend that I could ask for."